Extreme weather
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Landslides in southwest China on Saturday (Aug 3) destroyed homes and caused a highway bridge to collapse, killing at least two people and leaving around 17 others missing, authorities said. State broadcaster CCTV said “local mountain torrents and landslides” swept away part of Ridi village in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. The disasters killed…
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An intensive heat wave continued to grip much of the United States this weekend, triggering record-breaking temperatures and placing millions of people under heat alerts. “A heat wave will continue over much of the eastern U.S. south of a quasi-stationary boundary,” the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) said on Saturday. “These temperatures remain the most anomalous…
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Hong Kong needs a multipronged approach to cope with extreme weather and reduce carbon emissions, scholars said. They made the remarks after a study, which was released on Monday, found that the city could witness stifling hot night temperatures and heavier rainfall over more days in a year in the coming decades amid worsening extreme…
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Some artefacts could already be gone Ancient Buddhist murals in Dunhuang and Zhangye, Gansu province, are under threat after the extreme rainfall, researchers say. “Gansu is famous for its caves and the art stored inside them for centuries. “Increased bouts of rainfall in the desert pose an acute risk.” The report warned some artefacts could…
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